The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-11-09
TIMELY TOPICS FOR FARMERS.
HOW TO DO PAYING WORK AZ THiS
SEASON.

HOW TO DO PAYING WORK AT TIKI
SEASON.
Suggestions of Interest, from an autiiori
tative Source.
(W L. Jones in Southern Gultivator)
SOWING WHEAT.
The old Georgia rule wss to SOW IN tn
dark nights in October. We are OF liz
opinion that the man who understood
the rule literally, and sowed, plowed an'
narrowed in his crop after dark, IVES q
philosophical as those who Insist TIA
wheat should be sown during the las
quarter of the moon in October. Th'
tdark nights ''-so-cal!ed-as often ocau
during the first week as during the las
week. The best rule probably IS to sop
about the usual time Of the first killing
frost, which generally occurs, in Middle
Georgia, about the last OF October o.
first of November. Such q rule sppiie;
equally well throughout the region i.
which winter-sowing prevails, and ad
justs itself to the other operations anc
conditions on farm, none Of which are
dependent upon the phases of the moon
AS already suggested in last montL'E
Thoughts, not every farmer sLoulc
attempt to produce his own supply o.
wheat. Proper di7ersifcation Of crop:
does not imply that farmer should ab
solutals produce everything. But there
are many farms il the hill country o:
the Eastern, Gulf and South Atlantic
Ststes, on which wheat may be grown
with almost as much certainty as in the
great wheat States of the Northwest
Experience has shown that the best re.
suits are obtained when seed Of South
ern growth are sown, of varieties that
are Of local, good reputation. Seed
wheat from the North and West fail, as
a rule, when so2n in the cotton States.
Sow on high, well-drained cotton land,
having clay subsoil close by, manurine
with cotton seed, or meal mixed with
acid phosphate, in the proportion ol
twenty bushels of cotton seed or two
hundred pounds of meal to one hundred
pounds of acid phosphate, which will dc
for one acre. II the green seed are used
they should be plowed in before sowing
the wheat. If the meal be used with
acid phosphate the mixture may be sowr
with The wheat on the freshly p!owed
land and narrowed in altogether.
OATS.
It is still in good time to SOW cats IN
the southern parts Of our territory. IL
deed, il is the usual time in Southern
Georgia ard contiguous sections Of other
States. Ii the work was not done last
month, even in regions farther north, it
is advisable to SOW oats even now, rather
than rely entirely on spring crop
Notwithstanding repeated wintor-kllDe
o. late years, we have still more coz.
iGence-in the long-run-in fall sown
oats tnan il spring sown.
POTATOES.
Detailed suggestions for digging and
preserving this crop were given Last
month. Ii not already harvested, &c
tine should BE- lost in doing this job.
The hills or banks should be more and
more deeply covered with earth as G.e
winter comes on.
COTTON.
The exceedingly fa7orably weather
thst prevailed during the ear y iall has
made it en- easy matter to gather the
crop in good condition. Il our sugges'
tions looking to the most expedlIious
pla1 of saving the crop have been needed
tho last picking involves the cleaning OF
the cotton remaining after the first hssty
grab. It will now be realized how little
will have been lost if the bulls remain as
they were first LETT and how much has
been saved by following the suggestions
in securing the bulk Of the crop in good
condition.
CARE OF LIVE STOCK.
Owing to our comparatively mild win
ter climate the Southern farmer Is ept
to neglect wholesome precautions against
severe weather. In fact, it is shameful
how little thought or care is given On
many farms to the comfort Of the dumb
and helpless animals who toll for rs the
year round, and are content With their
wages, rations and shelter. Aside from
moral and humane considerations it is a
question of dollars and cents that no
tanner can afford to ignore. There are
.nany farmers who arc generous to a
fault in feeding; they fill up the feed:
troughs and hay-racks with corn and
oats and fodder three times day. But
the shelter provided IS often OF the most
primitive and inadequate kind, and,
shame TO sas: sometimes 20 better than
the lee-side Il corn-crib or fence
corner. It should be remembered that
the food ingested by horse, COW OF
other animal serves two distinct pur'
poses in the animal economy: l. 10
keep up the heat OF the body 20 the
point below which the vital processes
cannot be carried on ard life contlnne.
This temperature (9Ss desrees) must be
maintained constantly in the very cold
est as well as IN mid weather. The
natural means OF maintaining this an
NAL heat is hy burning q portion OF t:le
food as it passes through the lungs II
the form of blood. Tie colaer Tie
weather-other things being the same
the greater viii be the proportion O. the
food that IS taken into the stonaci: tha'
must Je used as fuel, and OF course the
proportion that can be utilized ior repair
ing waste tissues ard stored up as fa'
must be lessenea. But ii resort IS has
TO mechanical means TO keep out the co!o
to keep in the hcat-a very great say
,vs Of food is accomplished, while at the
same tue the animals are stronger fcl